Sanitary protector for the stems of smokers&#39; appliances



Nov. 17 1925. 1,562,321

A. F. FRATTINGER SANITARY PROTECTOR FOR THE STEMS OF SMOKERS APPLIANCES Filed March 13, 1924 gvvuc'n for ATTHu r F Pratt-Ln g er GHiozncgP Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

' UNITED STATES PATENT pl-arcs.

ARTHUR F. FRATTINGER, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON- SANITARY PROTECTOR FOR THE STEMS 0F SMOKERS APPLIANCES.

I Application filed March 13, 1924. Serial No. 699,002.

- new and useful Improvements in a Sanitary Protector for the Stems of Smokers Appliances, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to an improved sanitary mouth piece or protector adapted to be used upon the bit or mouth inserting ends of the stems of smokers appliances, such as pipes and cigarette holders.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of a relatively simple and economically constructed mouth piece or protector which may receive therein the mouth inserting end of a pipe stem as a means of insuring against .contact of the mouth with the stem inserting end of a pipe; the protectors being used where it is desirable to test the pipe or smokers appliance prior to purchase of the same, and thus permitting a test of the same without liability of spread of disease or contagion.

A further and important object of this invention is the PIQVlSlOIl of a mouth protector for pipes which may be sold as an advertising accessory, to be used over the pipe stem when the ipe is tested with the view of purchasing tlie same.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a protector of the above mentioned character which may assume a receptacle form to permit insertion of a pipe stem therein.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a side elevation of the pipe, showing the bit end of the stem thereof in cross section with the improved sanitary protector.

Figure 2 is a (plan view of the improved protector applie to the stem of a pipe or cigarette holder; this protector having as a characteristic an enclosed mouth inserting end which will not permit of drawing air through the pipe 5 it only being provided for thepurpose of testing the weight or balance of the pipe in the mouth of the user.

F1 ure 3 is a plan view of a protector whic 1 may have a draft aperture in the mouth inserting end thereof to permit the Y user to test the resistance of a passage of air through the pipe.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the blank form of the mouth piece illustrated in Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a blank form of the mouth piece illustrated in Figure 3.

Figure 6 is a crosssectional View taken throlgh the mouth piece illustrated in Figure the mouth piece illustrated in Figure 3.

Figure 7 is a sectional view taken through Figure 8 is a transverse cross sectional view taken substantially on the line 8-8 of Figure 1, and

Figure 9 is a perspective view showing the tubular form which the mouth piece may assume for receiving the bit end of a pipe stem therein.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration are shown forms of this invention which the improved protector may assume, the letter A may generally designate the type of protector which may have an enclosed mouth inserting end, while the letter B may designate the protector perforated at the mouth inserting end to permit the fprospective purchaser or user to test 4 the dra of the pipe or other tobacco users appliance C.

The pipe, Cor cigarette holder in which the protectors A or B may be used, of course, includes the stem 12 which is provided with a draft passageway 13 therethrough open at the mouth inserting tip or bight portion of the stem 12.

The protectors A or B may be made of any approved material, either flexible or rigid, although preferably the former and it may be formed of silk, fabric, pyroxyline, or wax or oil paper, although not necessarily restricted to the use of these materials.

For the purpose of this invention the mouth protectors A. and B are formed to provide receptacles or containers which may be flexed into the tubular form illustrated in Figure 9 for insertion of the pipe stem 12, although the normal form of the protector is flat, as is illustrated in Figures 6 and 7. Each of the protectors of the form A or B includes the side flap portions and 21 which are integrally "connected upon a folding line 22. These flaps 20 and 21 may be of the same width, although it is preferred that the flap 21 at the forward end thereof beprovided with a straight marginal edge 23,

whereas the flap 20 is provided with {tSQlIllv circular recess 24 extending inwardly upon the forward edge thereof. The opposite ends of the flaps 20 and 21 are provided withconvex marginal edges 27 and 28 respectively, struck from equal radii. The iiiside surface of the flap 20 adjacent the convex edge 27, and following about the convex edge 27 is preferably provided with an adhesive 30. A sealing flap 32' is integrally connected at the side edge of the flap '20,

opposite to the side to which the'flap 21 is connected; this flap 32 being very narrow and having-upon the inside surface thereof a glue or adhesive 33. V

The above description applies equally well to the forms A and B of the invention,

. and the essential diiferencebetween these forms is that in the flap 21 of the form 15," preferably at the centerv from which the" marginal edge 28 is struck, the flap is perforated to provide an'opening 35. The opening 35, however, is normally sealed by the jagged edges of the material of the flapf which extend to meet each other, as is illus trated in Figure 5" of the drawing.

In assembling the protectors the flap 21 is bent upon the folding line 22 into abutting relation with the flap 20; the flaps 20 and 21 being connectcd at their convex marginal ends by means of the adhesive to provide "a flat rear end substantially as is illustrated in Figure 9 of the drawing. The narrow flap 32 is then bent upon its folding line over the outer surface of the flap 21, in substantially the relation illustrated in Figure 8 of the drawing, and the adhesive 33 aflixes the flaps in a sealed relation to provide a protector body adapted to receive the stem of the pipe C therein.

Advertising indicia 4-3 may be placed upon the top flap 21 01. bottom flap 20, or both flaps, substantially as is illustrated in-Figure 3 of the drawing.

For the flexible type of protector the provision of the recess 24 in the bottom flap 20 renders the protectors easy to apply to the stem 12, since the protector can be engaged by the user at the side edges thereof and by inserting the bit end of the pipe stem 12 into the recess 24, and pushing upwardly the compartment of protector may be opened and the stem 12 readily inserted therein. The protector A is readily removable from the stem. and the protector A is adapted to be used for testing the balance of the pipe in the mouth of the prospective purchaser, although it is contemplated to provide a puncturing tool which may be used for proplaced in the top ilap 21 of the protector and is out, of alignment with the axis of passageway 13 of the stein.

From the foregoing description of this the invention it is apparent that a'p'rotectorhas been provided which is highlydesirable to be used upon the bit end'of pipes which are intended for sale, so that prospective purchasers may' test the same without con tact with the stem. The enclosed ended protector A is chieflydesirable where is preferred that the pipe be tested for balance only. as very often when an opening is pro- 5 vi-ded the prospective purchaser would blow or draw thii'ough'the pipe,-and"unintentionally lliJOCt saliva or some germ into the passageway of the pipe stem. It is intended that a dispensing machine heu'sed in conncction with the use of the protectors; their flat ilOXlblOfOllTl hein'gchiefly desirable in that they may he con'ipactlyarranged in this" dispensing machine so that the customer may remove the same without the necessity of the merchant handling them. 7

Various changes in the shape,sizcp'and arrangementof parts may be made to the forms of inventionlicrein' shown and described. without'departing from the spirit of this invention or the scope of the claims' I claim:

1. A sanitary protector for the steinsbf appliances comprising a body: formed as a receptacle provided vwith an smokers open end and havingone side thereof recessed inwardly from theinargin *at theopenf end to facilitate insertion the stem into the body.

2. A sanitary protector for smokers appliances comprising a body formed as a receptacleprovided withja'n open end and having a side thereof recessed inwardly from the margin at the open'feiid to facilitate insertion of the stem into the body, said: protector at its opposite end hav ing an opening therein normally closed but adapted to open to permit the pa'ssa'ge-of a draft theretlirough incidentto blowing or suction.

3. As an article of manufacture a flexible sanitary protector for tlie hit ends of smokers pipes comprising a receptacleportion open at one end and formed to norinalh "lie fiat and entirely closed at its opp'ositeend,

saidflexible sanitary protector atone side" the stems 7 of thereof and inwardly the forwardly mar:

ginal edge of said side having a recess wherestem mouth piece protector formed of flex-v ible material and providing a pair of side flaps folded into abutting relation and adhered together at one end to enclose said end, and a third flap carried by one of said flaps having an adhesive thereon adapted to be folded over the other flap and adhered thereto to provide a'protector receptacle having an open end.

(i. As an article of manufacture a protector of the class described formed in blank of a single piece of material to provide a pair of flaps of substantially the same length and width, one of said flaps at its forward end providing a straight edge and the other of said flaps at its forward end provided with an inwardly extending recess, both of said flaps at their opposite ends having convex marginal portions, a third flap formed at the side of the flap having saidrecesstherein opposite to connection of said flap with the other of said pair of flaps, said first flap having an adhesive material thereon on its inside surface, and said flap with the recess having adhesive material on the inside surface adjacent the convex marginal portion thereof.

8. As an article of manufacture a protector for pipe stems formed of top and bottom fi'aps connected at the sides to providea compartment for receiving the stem of a pipe, the forward end of said protector being open and the rear end of the flaps of said container being fastened together to provide a flat portion which the tongue of a personmay engage when the protector is received .within the mouth and having an "aperture formed in the rear end of the protector in one of the flaps thereof adjacent said flat portion.

9. A sanitary protector for the stems of smokers appliances comprising a tubular body portion having a compartment therein and the forward end thereof open to permit the insertion of the stem of a smokers' appliance into the compartment, and a rearwardly projecting tongue engaging portion at the rear end of said tubular body portion, said tubular body portion immediately forward of said rearwardly projecting portion having an opening th'erethrough into the compartment.

ARTHUR F. FRATTI NGER. 

